By the Numbers: 2nd-period goals pave way to win over Blues

After a quiet first period last night, it looked like the Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues may settle in to another game devoid of any offense. That all changed rather quickly, with the Blues opening the scoring and the Flyers storming back with three second period goals. Overall the Flyers put in a professional […]

Marc Naples  •  11 Dec 2015
Phillies sign Ernesto Frieri to a minor league deal

Jon Heyman reports that the Phillies signed pitcher Erenesto Frieri to a minor league deal worth $850K in the majors. Upon the departure of closer Ken Giles, the Phillies are in need of a closer and Frieri could be a possibility. Frieri posted great numbers including a consistently fantastic strikeouts per 9 rate, throughout his first […]

Account Deleted  •  10 Dec 2015
Owner Josh Harris reportedly wants to sell the Sixers to buy NFL team

  View image | gettyimages.com Amidst tanking 3.0, could Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris be gearing up to sell the team?  Sixers have done little other than rebuild since he led a group of investors who bought the team back in 2011.  Despite bottoming out, would an increase in the team's value lead the ownership […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  10 Dec 2015
Executives claim they “could have done better” trading with Phillies for Ken Giles

  View image | gettyimages.com The Ken Giles trade was an absolute shock to the baseball world.  Nobody at all had any idea the Phillies might trade their closer before the Phillies and Astros made a trade.   Of course, all that is said with sarcasm, as a Ken Giles trade has been something we […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  10 Dec 2015
Goalie Development Coach Robinson Paying Early Dividends

  View image | gettyimages.com Back in August, the Philadelphia Flyers made an under-the-radar staff hiring when they joined the ever-growing ranks of National Hockey League teams to hire a full-time goaltending development coach. The team hired longtime Victoria Royals (Western Hockey League) goaltending coach and Hockey Canada goaltending consultant Brady Robinson to fill the post. […]

Bill Meltzer  •  10 Dec 2015
Phillies lose pitcher Manny Martinez in Minor League phase of the Rule 5 draft

The Chicago White Sox selected a Phillies minor league player in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5 draft.  That would be Manny Martinez, a 23 year-old Venezuelan right-handed pitcher, who spend 2015 with the Lakewood Blue Claws.  Martinez spent the entire season on the Blue Claws roster. In 31 games as a reliever, […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  10 Dec 2015
Phillies select Daniel Stumpf from Kansas City in round two; do not lose anyone in Major League phase

#Phillies have selected LHP Daniel Stumpf (Royals) in the 2nd round of the Rule 5 draft. pic.twitter.com/FS3OzqXEKx — Phillies (@Phillies) December 10, 2015 After selecting outfielder Tyler Goeddel in round one of the 2015 Rule 5 draft, the Phillies were not done.  They added a second player in the round two phase of the draft. […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  10 Dec 2015
The strangest Eagles seasons of the last 25 years

  View image | gettyimages.com The complexity of the 2015 Eagles season can simply be described by one word: strange. The Birds got off to an abysmal start in the first four games, going 1-3. Even in the win over the New York Jets, the Eagles were shutout in the second half of that game and barely […]

Ryan Shute  •  10 Dec 2015
Phillies Roster Update, 12/10

On the third day, the Phillies got busy. As the Winter Meetings wind down, the Phillies are busy adding and subtracting players, while also announcing some major movements. Some of the news- The Phillies traded Ken Giles to Houston for Vincent Velasquez, Brett Oberholtzer, reportedly outfield prospect Derek Fisher, and a fourth, yet unnamed prospect. […]

Rich Wilkins  •  09 Dec 2015